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Haines Genealogy & History

Haines is an English surname with a few different origins. First, it's a patronymic, coming from the name Hain, descending from the Old German Hagano, meaning hawthorn. It can also come from the Old Norse Haghni/Hagne, from the same source. Lastly, it can be a locational surname from Haynes, Bedfordshire, named either from Old English haga-naess, land with a hawthorn tree, or haegen, meaning enclosure. Haines family history starts with Alice Heynes, written in the Subsidy Rolls of Somerset in 1327. Haines genealogy includes many noteworthy people, like the first Premier of Victoria, William Haines; British Field Marshal Fredrick Haines; and Mississippi author Carolyn Haines.